We spent the first full day in San Sebastian at the "primary" beach. Oh, Europe and its beaches. Eighty year old topless women, 300 pound hairy men in speedos. Also, we are the only people who went to the beach in our bathing suits. Everyone else arrives in normal clothes and changes in full view of everyone. Never change, Europe, never change.... except do.
Chis takes a nap :)
We didn't last long at the beach that day as we only had our towels to lay on, and that starts to get uncomfortable rather quickly. Also, we have no tans to show for our efforts, as they only option of sunblock sold in pharmacies in San Sebastian was SPF 50.
Forgot to mention, the bed in our hotel room is the biggest bed I have ever seen. It is seriously like two full beds put together. It. was. awesome. Also awesome was our lovely view from the window.
Arzak
San Sebastian dinner number 2 was at Arzak. If we had to recommend one of the three restaurants to visitors, this would be the one. However, we warn you in advance about the curse of the bald man. Whereas Christopher (a man at 6'2") was able to scrape up and digest every last morsel of each dish, Rachel (a hobbit at 5'0") was not. Each dish that Rachel didn't finish was met by a "you didn't like it?" jest from the bald man (a cousin of the blue-lipped guy from the temple in Qarth in Game of Thrones). It ended up being funny, but became a recurring theme for the rest of the trip :)
Marinated sardines and strawberry, gooseberry with coconut
Chorizo with tonic (literally - do you see the Schwepps can?) and corn, figs and black pudding
Kabraroka pudding with kataifi
(dry ice!)
Cromlech with onion, coffee and tea
Hemp's mustard and lobster
(everything edible, including the mustard leaves and little clothespins made with lobster essence)
Dusted egg and mussel
(mmmmm runny yolk)
Gooseberry, spelt and monkfish
Pork fat and physalis
(yes, this was as good as it sounds, and yes, it looks like balls)
Beef with vegetable screens
(rarest beef (aside from tartare) I have ever eaten - will switch suggested cooking temperature at steakhouses to rare on a going-forward basis)
Playing Marbles with Chocolate
Homage to Chillida
(don't remember a thing about this one, but it was probably awesome)
Golden footprint and ladybugs
Pistachio and beetroot stone
Not your typical after dinner chocolates.
These were as tasty as they were beautiful.
Goodbye Arzak :(
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